Thread by @FreedomWorks

👀 Emulate #China by banning #TikTok?: "Republicans have come up with a national strategy to permanently lose elections for a generation: Ban a social media app called TikTok that 94 million, primarily young Americans, use." @SenRandPaul #ampFW ampfw.org/3G3dhCZ

👀 "This GOP strategy comes while polls indicate that 71% of young women and 53% of young men voted for a Democrat for Congress. Many Dems have joined in calling for this ban but like most such issues, the blame will stick to Republicans more." #ampFW ampfw.org/3lXGUhV

👀 "Ban #TikTok strategy comes while GOP simultaneously complains of US social media companies canceling, censoring conservatives. W/o a hint of irony, “conservatives” now agitate to ban a platform owned by an intl. group that includes Americans." #ampFW ampfw.org/3lXGUhV

👀 "So, on the one hand, Republicans complain about censorship, while with the other hand, these same Republicans advocate to censor social media apps that they worry are influenced by the Chinese." @SenRandPaul #ampFW ampfw.org/3lXGUhV

👀 "Before banning #TikTok, these censors might want to discover that #China’s government already bans TikTok. Hmmm . . . do we really want to emulate China’s speech bans?" @SenRandPaul #ampFW ampfw.org/3lXGUhV

👀 "@JohnTamny’s headline says it all: “Nauseating Harassment of TikTok Presumes Americans will be saved from Chinese Authoritarianism If US Politicians Act like Chinese Authoritarians.”" @SenRandPaul #TikTok #ampFW ampfw.org/3lXGUhV

👀 "To those who are worried that the Chinese gov't might somehow now have access to millions of American teenagers’ info, realize that all social media sucks up personal data that people voluntarily provide." @SenRandPaul #ampFW ampfw.org/3lXGUhV

🔥 "If you don’t like #TikTok or Facebook or YouTube, don’t use them. But don’t think any interpretation of the Constitution gives you the right to ban them." @SenRandPaul #ampFW ampfw.org/3lXGUhV

👀 "TikTok is cooperating through Committee on Foreign Investment in the US to make sure all data on Americans is protected from any Chinese snooping. TikTok has agreed to house all the data on Oracle’s Cloud w/ access to USGOV oversight." @RandPaul #ampFW ampfw.org/3lXGUhV

👀 "The 1A isn’t really necessary to protect speech that everybody accepts. The 1A is there to protect speech unpopular or controversial. US courts struck down Trump ban and, I believe, will strike down any Congressional ban." @SenRandPaul #ampFW ampfw.org/3lXGUhV

🔥 "I hope saner minds will reflect on which is more dangerous: videos of teenagers dancing or the precedent of the USGOV banning speech. It’s an easy answer: Defend the Bill of Rights even, if need be, from members of my own party." @SenRandPaul #ampFW ampfw.org/3lXGUhV